Influence of hot isostatic pressing on microstructure and mechanical behaviour of nanostructured Al alloy

Author： Topping T D Ahn B Nutt S R Lavernia E J

ISSN： 1743-2901

Source： Powder Metallurgy, Vol.56, Iss.4, 2013-09, pp. : 276-287

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Abstract

Aluminium alloy AA 5083 [Al-4·4Mg-0·7Mn-0·15Cr (wt-%)], powder was ball milled in liquid nitrogen via the cryomilling method to obtain a nanocrystalline (NC) structure. Samples of the powder were hot vacuum degassed to remove interstitial contaminants, then consolidated by hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) at six temperatures (from 0·46T_m to 0·89T_m), before being high strain rate forged (HSRF) to produce plate material. The microstructure was analysed at the different processing stages. The compressive properties of the as HIPed material, plus tensile properties of the final product were studied. Despite grain growth during HIPing, an ultrafine grain (UFG) structure was retained in the consolidated material, which consequently had increased strength over conventionally processed AA 5083. As the HIP temperature was increased, the density increased. Strength changes were minimal in compression and tension with varying HIP temperature, once near full density was attained at 275°C (∼0·64T_M). Yield strength data indicate negligible variation in the grain size of the materials.